supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61100165, 61100231, 61105064, 51205309);the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (2012JQ8044, 2011JM8003, 2010JQ8004);the Foundation of Education Department of Shanxi Province (2013JK1096)
Support vector machines (SVMs) have shown remarkable success in many applications. However, the non-smooth feature of objective function is a limitation in practical application of SVMs. To overcome this disadvantag...